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08-09-2008 07:49 PM
# ADS
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One resides in CT. Have been looking for 8 years now for the Siamese bayonet with the same s/n. No luck yet.....
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Very rare with matching numbers, I have never seen one. Most have pretty poor woodwork on them and look rough, I have seen some OK ones from time to time.
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For $50 I'd say you made a god buy.
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Got one too
I picked one of these up for not too much off a guy I know. My first rifle-and the first of many enfields I hope. It had been residing in someones basement as a forgotten moose rifle for years. The cosmo had never been well cleaned -there was a big glob in the screw on the back of the cocking piece. The bolt was sticky, the bore dusty and dirty, and the butt stock loose. A good cleaning later, and the rifling is strong, and the bore is dark, but not pitted or scratched. The numbers don't match, and the wood is sporterised, but I am thinking of restoring her as much as I am able.
Speaking of, does anyone know if the safety spring was always the barbell type shown in the Knowledge Library? mine is in the 83XX range, so it is somewhat later than the example.
I am in Ontario Canada, for the record.
Uhh... bump?
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These were called by the Siamese as Type 62 (Buddist Year 2462)
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I saw my first one at a gun show in Truro Nova Scotia, Canada last fall. I didn't check the numbers, it didn't look too bad but the owner said it was unsafe to shoot. I don't remember the reason.